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| Eric J DemariaSummaryAffiliation: Duke University Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Effects of bariatric surgery in older patientsHarvey J Sugerman
Division of General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Ann Surg 240:243-7. 2004..Older patients had more pre- and post-operative comorbidities and lost less weight than younger patients. However the weight loss and improvement in comorbidities in older patients were clinically significant...
Perioperative management of special populations: obesityEric J Demaria
General Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1200 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23298 0519, USA
Surg Clin North Am 85:1283-9, xii. 2005..Medical professionals must, for example, use invasive arterial monitoring for severely obese patients and ensure that operating room tables can accommodate obese patients...- Validation of the obesity surgery mortality risk score in a multicenter study proves it stratifies mortality risk in patients undergoing gastric bypass for morbid obesityEric J Demaria
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Ann Surg 246:578-82; discussion 583-4. 2007..Patients with total score of 0 to 1 are classified as 'A' (lowest) risk group, score 2 to 3 as 'B' (intermediate) risk group, and score 4 to 5 as 'C' (high) risk group... - Obesity surgery mortality risk score: proposal for a clinically useful score to predict mortality risk in patients undergoing gastric bypassEric J Demaria
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 3:134-40. 2007..We propose the obesity surgery mortality risk score as a clinically useful score system to predict the mortality risk for patients undergoing GBP... - Bariatric surgery for morbid obesityEric J Demaria
Duke Weight Loss Surgery Center and the Duke Endosurgery Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2176-83. 2007 - Initiation and progression of physical activity after laparoscopic and open gastric bypass surgeryRonald K Evans
Department of Exercise Science, Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
Surg Innov 11:235-9. 2004..Future studies need to prospectively determine whether LGBS, via facilitation of greater engagement in postsurgical physical activity, contributes to more successful weight loss and weight maintenance compared with OGBS... - Selective, versus routine, upper gastrointestinal series leads to equal morbidity and reduced hospital stay in laparoscopic gastric bypass patientsSOPHIA D LEE
Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 3:413-6. 2007..We hypothesized that elimination of routine UGIS would not adversely affect morbidity or mortality... - Impact of major co-morbidities on mortality and complications after gastric bypassMohammad Khalid Jamal
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 1:511-6. 2005..The data support a radical change in treatment philosophy in which morbidly obese individuals should be offered bariatric surgery before major co-morbid conditions develop as a strategy to decrease the operative risk... - Physical activity stage of readiness predicts moderate-vigorous physical activity participation among morbidly obese gastric bypass surgery candidatesDale S Bond
Department of Exercise Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284 2020, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 2:128-32. 2006..Therefore, this study sought to determine whether greater PAR was associated with greater moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) participation among GBS candidates... - Impact of self-reported physical activity participation on proportion of excess weight loss and BMI among gastric bypass surgery patientsDale S Bond
Department of Exercise Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2037, USA
Am Surg 70:811-4. 2004..7 +/- 5.5 kg/m2)], respectively. PA had a favorable effect on % EWL and BMI among GBS patients at 2 years postsurgery, thus supporting the inclusion of habitual PA in a comprehensive GBS postsurgical weight maintenance program... - Pulmonary embolism complicating bariatric surgery: detailed analysis of a single institution's 24-year experienceBrennan J Carmody
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:831-7. 2006.... 
Validation that a 1-year fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery can eliminate the learning curve for laparoscopic gastric bypassMohamed R Ali
Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Surg Endosc 24:138-44. 2010....- Insurance-mandated preoperative dietary counseling does not improve outcome and increases dropout rates in patients considering gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesityMohammad K Jamal
Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 2:122-7. 2006..We compared outcomes of GBP patients undergoing a mandatory 13 weeks of PDC (n = 72) to a contemporaneous group of patients with no such requirement (no-PDC; n = 252) who underwent operation between January 2000 and December 2002... - Surgical options for obesityEric J Demaria
General and Endoscopic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital Systems, Box 980519, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 34:127-42. 2005..Until the development ofa similarly successful procedure, gastric bypass will continue to be the gold standard bariatric procedure with its concurrent sustained weight loss benefits and resolution of comorbidities... - Preoperative weight gain does not predict failure of weight loss or co-morbidity resolution of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesityMichael C Harnisch
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:445-50. 2008..Success with preoperative weight loss (PWL) is often mandated by the bariatric team to assess patient compliance and has been suggested to correlate with improved postoperative weight loss outcomes... - Bariatric surgery for severely obese adolescentsHarvey J Sugerman
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:102-7; discussion 107-8. 2003..These data strongly support obesity surgery for those unfortunate individuals who may have difficulty obtaining insurance coverage based on the 1991 National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference statement... - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity: evaluation of postoperative extraluminal leaks with upper gastrointestinal seriesLaura R Carucci
Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, PO Box 980615, Richmond, VA 23298 0615, USA
Radiology 238:119-27. 2006.... - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: evolving clinical experienceEric J Demaria
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Obesity Surgery Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia, Box 980428, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Surg Clin North Am 85:773-87, vii. 2005..In general, international studies support use of the LAGB procedure,while American studies are generally better designed but more equivocal in their results... - Remission of type 2 diabetes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with greater weight lossBrian E Kadera
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 5:305-9. 2009..quot; To test this hypothesis, we studied patients with insulin-dependent T2DM who underwent RYGB to determine whether T2DM remission in this treatment-resistant subgroup occurred independent of weight loss... - The optimal surgical management of the super-obese patient: the debate. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Hollywood, Florida, USA, April 13-16, 2005Eric J Demaria
Virginia Commonwealth University, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Richmond 23298 480, USA
Surg Innov 12:107-21. 2005..A review of the audience's responses provides insight into the decision-making considerations of a population of laparoscopically oriented bariatric surgeons... - Night call does not impair learning of laparoscopic skillsEric J Demaria
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA 23298, USA
Surg Innov 12:145-9. 2005..05). Most parameters (16) showed improvement rather than deterioration post-call, which is consistent with learning of laparoscopic skills despite lack of sleep from night call... - Lap-band failures: conversion to gastric bypass and their preliminary outcomesShanu N Kothari
Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Surgery, Richmond 23298, USA
Surgery 131:625-9. 2002..Conversion to gastric bypass in this subset of patients is technically challenging but results in superior weight loss in a shorter time period... - Endoscopic closure of a gastrojejunal anastomotic leak (with video)John A Evans
Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 66:1225-6; discussion 1226. 2007 - Techniques of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypassMohamed R Ali
Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Semin Laparosc Surg 9:94-104. 2002..We, like other groups, have found that laparoscopic gastric bypass provides similar efficacy to open gastric bypass, but offers improved patient acceptance, quality of life, and significantly less wound complications... - Baseline data from American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery-designated Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal DatabaseEric J Demaria
Research Advisory Committee, Surgical Review Corporation, and Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 6:347-55. 2010..The present study was undertaken to define the baseline characteristics of the patients with data entered into BOLD... - Early postoperative outcomes of metabolic surgery to treat diabetes from sites participating in the ASMBS bariatric surgery center of excellence program as reported in the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal DatabaseEric J Demaria
Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Ann Surg 252:559-66; discussion 566-7. 2010.... - Normal anatomy and complications after gastric bypass surgery: helical CT findingsJinxing Yu
Department of Radiology, VCUHS MCV Hospitals and Physicians, 401 N 12th Street, Main Hospital, 3rd Floor, PO Box 980615, Richmond, VA 23298 0615, USA
Radiology 231:753-60. 2004..To determine the usefulness and potential pitfalls of helical computed tomography (CT) for depiction of normal anatomy and diagnosis of complications after gastric bypass surgery... - Obesity and bariatric surgeryBasil M Yurcisin
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Clin Chest Med 30:539-53, ix. 2009.... - Surgical revision of loop ("mini") gastric bypass procedure: multicenter review of complications and conversions to Roux-en-Y gastric bypassWilliam H Johnson
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 3:37-41. 2007.... - Risk scoring systems for weight loss surgeryDana Portenier
Duke Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Duke University, 3116 North Duke Street, Durham, NC, USA
Adv Surg 42:313-20. 2008 - Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypassBrennan Carmody
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 1:543-8. 2005..All defects must be closed to minimize the risk of hernia, whether antecolic or retrocolic... - Evaluation of operative imaging techniques in surgical educationShanu N Kothari
Department of Surgery and Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
JSLS 8:367-71. 2004..This provides a unique and affordable way to teach residents and medical students operative procedures that are otherwise difficult to view... - Per-oral circular stapler in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypassEric J Demaria
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Surg Technol Int 14:113-7. 2005..The SurgASSIST has several advantages over the traditional circular stapled gastrojejunal anastomosis, including no need to dilate trocars to accommodate the stapler through the abdominal wall and decreased wound infections... - Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a patient with intestinal malrotationGiselle G Hamad
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 14:306-9. 2004..She was incidentally found to have intestinal malrotation. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was completed laparoscopically, followed by laparoscopic division of Ladd's bands, and appendectomy... - Results of 281 consecutive total laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypasses to treat morbid obesityEric J Demaria
Department of Surgery and the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Ann Surg 235:640-5; discussion 645-7. 2002..To determine the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity... - The long-term effects of gastric bypass on vitamin D metabolismJason M Johnson
Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, 23298, USA
Ann Surg 243:701-4; discussion 704-5. 2006..Thus, calcium malabsorption is inherent to gastric bypass. Careful calcium and vitamin D supplementation and long-term screening are necessary to prevent deficiencies and the sequelae of secondary hyperparathyroidism... - Poor outcomes in cirrhosis-associated hernia repair: a nationwide cohort study of 32,033 patientsAlfredo M Carbonell
Minimally Invasive Surgery Center Division of General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 1200 East Broad Street, Richmond, P O Box 980519, VA 23298, USA
Hernia 9:353-7. 2005..It may, however, be safer than previously thought. Ideally, patients with cirrhosis should undergo elective hernia repair after medical optimization... - Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding: complicationsEric J Demaria
College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0428, USA
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 13:271-7. 2003..While improvements in surgical technique may decrease early technical complications such as gastric prolapse, long-term follow-up studies will be required to determine the ultimate success of this device in controlling severe obesity... - Training in laparoscopic suturing skills using a new computer-based virtual reality simulator (MIST-VR) provides results comparable to those with an established pelvic trainer systemShanu N Kothari
Department of Surgery and Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 12:167-73. 2002..308). CONCLUSIONS: The MIST-VR is equivalent to the Yale Skills Course for training in the advanced laparoscopic skill of intracorporeal suturing... - Mucosal and serosal changes after gastric stapling determined by a new "real-time" surface tissue oxygenation probe: a pilot studyChristopher J Myers
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 6:50-3. 2010.... - Is gastric bypass superior for the surgical treatment of obesity compared with malabsorptive procedures?Eric J Demaria
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0645, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 8:401-3. 2004 - A conceptual application of health behavior theory in the design and implementation of a successful surgical weight loss programDale S Bond
Department of Exercise Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
Obes Surg 14:849-56. 2004.... - Risk stratification of serious adverse events after gastric bypass in the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal DatabaseMatthew L Maciejewski
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 8:671-7. 2012..The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a risk stratification model of composite adverse events related to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery... - New developments in surgery: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)Sebastian G de la Fuente
Duke Endosurgery Center, Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Surg 142:295-7. 2007..Herein we review the published data and propose a series of questions to be considered for future investigations. We also address the controversy involved in the incorporation of this new technology into surgical practice... - Sweet eating is not a predictor of outcome after Lap-Band placement?Harvey J Sugerman
Obes Surg 13:468-9; author reply 469-71. 2003 - Multivariate analysis of risk factors for death following gastric bypass for treatment of morbid obesityAdolfo Z Fernandez
Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Ann Surg 239:698-702; discussion 702-3. 2004..Surgery should not be reserved as a desperate last measure for weight loss... - Adolescent bariatric surgery: treatment delayed, treatment denied, a crisis invitedVictor F Garcia
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Obes Surg 16:1-4. 2006..The higher BMI criterion for adolescent bariatric surgery exposes the adolescent to a higher risk for operative death and complications, and suboptimal outcomes following bariatric surgery... - The laparoscopic revolutionEric J Demaria
Surg Innov 11:220. 2004 - Onlay hiatal reinforcement utilizing human acellular dermal matrix: three case seriesJason M Johnson
Department of General Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79920 5001, and Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA
Surg Innov 12:239-41. 2005..Acellular dermal matrix appears to be a promising prosthetic for onlay reinforcement of the hiatus during redo laparoscopic fundoplication and repair of large paraesophageal hernias...